News from the field

What is happening in the nurseries, the villages and with the partners, dated and signed like a herbarium sheet.

  • Crowd of mothers carrying their children, plates in hand, gathered in a courtyard in front of banners

    Terra Madre Day 2025 in Alakamisy Ambohimaha

    Training in Pfumvudza techniques, nutrition awareness with Slow Food and a cooking contest with the National Nutrition Office.

    8–11 December 2025

    No. 4News

    Loc.
    Rural municipality of Alakamisy Ambohimaha
    Date
    8–11 December 2025
    Leg.
    farmers’ associations of Alakamisy Ambohimaha
  • Man speaking into a microphone behind a table with a laptop and projector in a meeting room

    Reforestation workshop with ADES

    Some 17 ADES partners shared their results, difficulties and solutions. Voiala’s technician, Mr Ratovoarison, presented the association’s work. Field visits: the Bemelo agroforestry site and the Analamanitra reference site (Farafangana), with the association SANTATRA.

    25 Oct – 2 Nov 2025

    No. 3News

    Loc.
    Manakara; Bemelo; Analamanitra, Farafangana
    Date
    25 Oct – 2 Nov 2025
    Leg.
    ADES and its partners
  • Two men in polo shirts and caps standing on a dike between ponds, rice fields and hills behind

    Visit from PEPOPU

    Two technicians from PEPOPU, a Swiss association specialising in irrigation pumps, installed two motor pumps. PEPOPU wants to keep working with Voiala in the 2025–2026 season, around the individual village reforestation concept Voiala designed.

    13–16 October 2025

    No. 2News

    Loc.
    Manamisoa; Andranovorivato
    Date
    13–16 October 2025
    Leg.
    PEPOPU and VOIALA-Madagasikara
  • Rectangular concrete fish tank in a garden surrounded by plants, with a blue water tank and houses behind

    An above-ground fish farm

    Work began with TSARABE MADAGASIKARA on a closed-loop tilapia farm, as a model for the local community.

    2025

    No. 1News

    Loc.
    VOIALA-Madagasikara office, Fianarantsoa
    Date
    2025
    Leg.
    VOIALA-Madagasikara and TSARABE MADAGASIKARA